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impersonation

[im-pur-suh-ney-shuhn] / ɪmˌpɜr səˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
imitation
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But it was an AI clone, making the American mother yet another victim of a growing wave of impersonation scams.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

A staple of his stump speech is an impersonation of the president.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

AI is enabling scalable phishing emails, fraudulent texts, impersonation chatbots, cloned-voice scams and automated outreach.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

One network identified in the study, based in Vietnam, used AI-generated imagery and the impersonation of local media outlets to spread emotive content to more than one million followers.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

And I did my best impersonation of myself when I can’t remember something.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky




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